Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
| Common Name: | : | Defoliating weevil or leaf weevil |
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| Species Name | : | Dereodus denticollis Boheman (1834) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Entiminae: Tanymecini: Piazomiina |
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| Diagnosis | : | Black colored weevil with grey scaling, having a lilac flush on the upper side. Rostrum is little broader than long, slightly narrowed from base to tip. Antenna short and stout, joint 1 of the funicle longer than 2, 3-6 equal and transverse, 7 more strongly transverse. Prothorax with three narrow indistinct yellowish stripes. It is broader than long. Elytral apices with a short mucro, the striae with long deep punctures. |
| Host | : | Vachellia nilotica ssp. indica, V. nilotica ssp. Tomentosa and V. nilotica ssp. Cupressi formis |
| Distribution | : | Bengal, Orissa, Tamil Nadu | References | : | Marshall, G.A.K. 1916. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shiply, A.E. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 367 pp. |
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